Northern Illinois Sports Beat: The "Area"

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Below is the Northern Illinois Sports Beat "Coverage Area." Note that the coverage
area may be different from what YOU consider "area." The "NISB Area," or "area"
in NISB writings refers to this list.

Generally, the area consists of everything:

-South of the Wisconsin State Line
-North of US Route 6 (towns ON it are covered)
-East of the Mississippi River
-West of US Route 14, then Illinois 23, then the County Line (towns ON them are
covered)

However, there are some exceptions to this area. These are made possible by two
rules determining the coverage area.

1) NCIC Rule - Any school in the North Central Illinois Conference (NCIC) is
considered "coverage area." This is because NISB's historical lineage dates back
to NCIC Preps, a website started in 1997. In the event of a conference split, the
two-or-more conferences resulting will also fall under this rule - for first generation
only.

2) One-Out Rule: In regards to the current coverage area, if there is only one
school in a conference that falls outside the borders, the school is considered a
coverage area school.

Note: Technically, Rock Island and Rock Island Alleman fall on the other side of
Route 6, but on the right side of the Mississippi River. These two are included in
the coverage area.

HERE'S THE AREA (91 schools):

All of Jo Daviess County: East Dubuque, Galena, Galena Tri-State Christian,
River Ridge, Scales Mound, Stockton, Warren

All of Stephenson County: Dakota, Freeport, Freeport Aquin, Lena-Winslow,
Orangeville, Pearl City

All of Winnebago County: Durand, Harlem, Hononegah, Pecatonica, South
Beloit, Winnebago
All of Rockford: Auburn, Berean Baptist, Boylan, Christian, Christian Life, East,
Guilford, Jefferson, Keith, Lutheran

All of Boone County: Belvidere, Belvidere North, North Boone

McHenry County: Harvard, Marengo

All of DeKalb County: DeKalb, Genoa-Kingston, Hiawatha, Hinckley-Big Rock,
Indian Creek, Sandwich, Somonauk, Sycamore, Sycamore Cornerstone Christian

All of Ogle County: Byron, Forreston, Oregon, Polo, Rochelle, Stillman Valley

All of Lee County: Amboy, Ashton-Franklin Center, Dixon, Dixon Faith Christian,
Paw Paw

All of Whiteside County: Erie, Fulton, Fulton Unity, Morrison, Prophetstown,
Rock Falls, Sterling, Sterling Christian, Sterling Newman

All of Carroll County: Eastland, Milledgeville, West Carroll

Rock Island County: East Moline UT, Moline, Quad Cities Christian, Riverdale,
Rock Island, Rock Island Alleman

Henry County: Annawan, Geneseo, Kewanee

All of Bureau County: Bureau Valley, Hall, La Moille, Ohio, Princeton

All of LaSalle County: Earlville, LaSalle-Peru, Leland, Mendota, Ottawa, Ottawa
Marquette, Peru St. Bede, Seneca, Serena, Streator

Grundy County: Morris

Kendall County: Plano, Newark

EXTENDED AREA SCHOOLS: These schools either were former coverage area
schools, schools in a conference with at least one school in the coverage area, or
non-area schools that co-op with a coverage area school.

These schools usually are given more priority in a piece that includes non-area
schools. There are even some non-Illinois schools in this list.

Alden-Hebron, Alexis United, AlWood, Arlington Heights Christian Liberty, Batavia,
Benton (Wisc.), Burlington Central, Cambridge, Cedar Rapids Cedar Valley
Christian (Iowa), Coal City, DePue, Dwight, Galesburg, Galva, Gardner-South
Wilmington, Geneva, Glenbard South, Henry, Hampshire, Huntley, IMSA,
Johnsburg, Kaneland, Knoxville, Lake Forest Academy, Lisle, Low
Point-Washburn, Luthers North and South, Manteno, Mercer County,
Monmouth-Roseville, Mooseheart, Orion, Peoria Christian, Princeville, Putnam
County, Quincy, Reed-Custer, Richmond-Burton, Roanoke-Benson, Rockridge,
ROWVA, Sciota West Prairie, Sherrard, Stark County, Streator Woodland, Varna
Midland, West Central, Westminster Christian, Westmont, Wethersfield,
Wilmington, Winnetka North Shore Country Day, Woodstock, and Yorkville.